Suuq of Marrakesh, Marrakesh

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The Marrakech souks are between the best in Morocco. Situated right at the medina’s heart, they offer a festival of sound, colours and perfumes. It isn’t always very easy to choose between a large palette of objects proposed. But don’t hesitate to engage yourself on the little streets, the treasure may be at the end of the road.

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The suuq of Marrakesh is awesome!

Actually it should be the suuqs, because there are so many different neighborhoods there: the suuq of tanners, the suuq of metalworkers, the suuq of leather workers etc. It is not like a marketplace, but rather like a little village in itself!

And boy, can you get lost there....

I have gotten advice to take a guide from some people, others said: no, no need - well, we went on a guided tour through Marrakesh (including the suuqs) with a group and later went by ourselves.......

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Big, beautiful, charming: the souq of Marrakech is a must for every visitor of this nice city.
The souq is divided into areas: one area for the goldsmiths, one area for the people who sell clothes and so on. And sometimes it's like living in the past with some hidden corners that seem to be part of a different reality. Some buildings of the souk have been built during the 12° centuty and you can feel it!
Some of the alleys have been covered, usually with palm fronds. that's necessary because of the temperatures, that during summer raise to over 40 degrees. This adds more charme and mistery to the whole area.
In general, a walk through the souq stimulates every sens: smells, colours, sounds, everything is bright and charming.
Of course you'll always have around somebody (or many....!) who tries to sell you something, but it's part of the experience....

Eat in the night food stalls in Djemma El-Fna atleast a couple times during your stay in Marrakesh. I forget the number of the stall but these guys were great! You can get an assortment of foods from chicken, fish and beef kababs to french fries, Morrocan salad and delicious salsa for your bread. If they remember you from a previous night you may even get a discount and mint tea on the house.

Take a dive in the souks; you will definitely get lost in the maze of narrow colourfull market street. Being a western tourist you will attract lots of attention from the salesmen and from children and young men who want to be your special guide.

Lovely medersa (school where they teach the Qu'ran) with a splendid inner courtyard.

The inner walls are richly decorated and are a pleasure for the eye.

You pay 30 Dirham for the Medersa (or 50 Dirham included the Museum and teh Koubha). Children pay half price

The Medina is like a step back hundreds of years, to narrow alleys ringing with the sounds of blacksmiths and clucking chickens, with donkey pulled carts and men in Berber cloaks. Compared to the spacious Ville Nouvelle it's claustrophobic and chaotic but teeming with life and a fascinating walk round. When the sun goes down it's plunged into darkness and the alleyways become an impenetrable narrow maze.

An incredible world is present at Marrakech's medina. You can walk and walk seeing or buying, getting lose ... time after time ... I am very bad at orientation so ... I lose my self one and other time ... and repeat the same streets when I did wanted to find different ones .. but ... after some hours I manage to control everything :))
I find the souk a wonderful place to walk in peace ... I was not disturb by sellers ... only sometimes ... "madam..." with a great smile in their faces ... a world of great colour and magic ...Each part of the medina is dedicated to a kind of commerce. You can find the part of medicines and herbs, a part of metals, one of carpets, of animals, of dry fruits, of laps… Every part has its own name. Some of them are covered and others at squares, some of them are very easy to get to, and others you will have to search for them to get to see them. A magic world made between narrowed little streets full of live and great sellers where you will find also little mosques and public baths.